xvii, 652 pages : 25 cm

A controversial scientific vision predicts a time in which humans and machines will merge and create a new form of non-biological intelligence, explaining how the occurrence will solve such issues as pollution, hunger, and aging

Includes bibliographical references and index

The six epochs -- A theory of technology evolution : the law of accelerating returns -- Achieving the computational capacity of the human brain -- Achieving the software of human intelligence : how to reverse engineer the human brain -- GNR : three overlapping revolutions -- The impact ... -- Ich bin ein singularitarian -- The deeply intertwined promise and peril of GNR -- Response to critics -- Epilogue

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